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Escape From Sobibor
Term | Definition |
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Leon | He kept his people together with encouragement. |
Naiomi | She beat Wagner at his own game. |
Chaim | He volunteered his help and killed Sgt. Beckman in his office. |
Bajle | She taught Shlomo how to dance. |
Toivi | He once served food to the Nazi SS. |
Kapo Berlinner | He was the 1st man killed in the escape plan. |
Luca | She loved Sasha. |
Four o'clock | The time the killings would begin. |
Toivi | Messenger |
Eda | She encouraged Itshak with soup and comforting words. |
Shlomo | He was passionate about getting revenge. |
Sasha | He was a Russian soldier who had compassion for his fellow Jewish inmates at the camp. |
Kapo Porcheck | Because of him, the inmates were able to have access to restricted areas around the camp. |
Moses | He was most likely the youngest member in the camp. |
Herschal | He killed the SS officer who had beaten him using a butcher knife from the kitchen. |
Sgt. Wagner | SS who had the 26 executed. |
Ester | She testified against war criminals. |
Sgt. Bauer | SS who operated the gas chamber. |
Sgt. Frenzl | The one SS present at the camp that was not killed by the prisoners on the day of the escape. |
Over 250,000 | The number of Jews killed at Sobibor |
1,000,000 | |
Sorting through clothes | The way Leon found out that his wife and child were dead. |
"The fire is their funeral." | The words said to Itshak to tell him that his wife and child were dead. |
Kapo Porchek | It was planned for him to be the one to lead the 600 prisoners out of the front gate. |
The front gate | Escape would be from here. |
Knives and axes | The main types of weapons the prisoners had with which to kill the guards and the SS. |
Kapo Berlinner | Mean kapo who favored beating the inmates with his whip. |
Judah | Sounded the bugle to signal roll call. |
At the sound of the bugle for roll call | The time at which the power and telephone lines were to be cut. |
Shlomo | Stole rifles and ammunition from the Ukrainian barracks. |
Toivi | The only remaining survivor from the Sobibor revolt/escape (still alive as of May 2015). |
Blood on the door | The reason Sgt. Frenzl discovered Sgt. Beckman's body. |
Samuel | Shot just before making it to the woods. |